Firstborn (For My Eldest Daughter)

There's something about May, when the trees have just burst fully into leaf.  The colours are so vibrant, especially the new green leaves before they darken over the Summer season.  This time of year always reminds me of when I was awaiting the birth of my first child.  I felt as if I was in tune with all of nature at that time ....

Firstborn (For My Eldest Daughter)

It’s Maytime, and nature spreads her freshest green
Over field and forest.  Every garden’s been
Decked with dancing daisies.
All the world’s a scene
Of dazzling newness, buzzing, teeming life,
Shining with possibility.

I wait for you, small stranger who has been
Nestled within me, slumbering unseen
Until your Summer wakening.
All at once you’re here,
You’ve burst into my world, eyes wide and wondering,
Shining with possibility.